Chevrolet Avalanche vs Jeep Compass

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chevrolet Avalanche	Jeep Compass
Complaints on file	2,473	6,123
Model years covered	2000–2013	2007–2026
Worst model year	2002	2018
Best model year	2006	2008
Crashes reported	110	248
Fires reported	21	76
Injuries reported	79	138
Deaths reported	4	2
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.7%	7.6%

Chevrolet Avalanche by year

2 2 562 238 202 85 14 493 323 96 147 161 43 105

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 593 24.0%

Brakes 373 15.1%

Other & Unspecified 312 12.6%

Body & Structure 275 11.1%

Electrical System 209 8.5%

Engine & Cooling 136 5.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 108 4.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 65 2.6%

Jeep Compass by year

396 135 60 108 283 263 121 518 173 461 385 1,629 579 254 131 390 76 113 44 4

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 1,307 21.3%

Electrical System 1,060 17.3%

Other & Unspecified 663 10.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 527 8.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 294 4.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 280 4.6%

Airbags 273 4.5%

Brakes 245 4.0%